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# News Briefing: 22 July 2025
- URL: https://goodoil.news/news-briefing-22-july-2025/
- Published: 2025-07-21T19:57:11.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-21T23:46:47.000Z
- Author: Guest Post
- Tags: NZ Politics, Politics

*Republished with Permission*  
  
Author: **Bryce Edwards**

**WAIKATO MEDICAL SCHOOL**  
Bryce Edwards (The Integrity Institute): [Waikato Medical School – A Costly case study in policy capture](https://theintegrityinstitute.substack.com/p/integrity-briefing-waikato-medical)  
Adam Pearse (Herald): [Neil Quigley denies conflict of interest as Reserve Bank chairman amid Waikato medical school deal](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/neil-quigley-denies-conflict-of-interest-as-reserve-bank-chairman-amid-waikato-medical-school-deal/HYTTUDS6U5GRXPHMFTWHVR4TP4/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Giles Dexter and Jessica Hopkins (RNZ): [Waikato University promises planned medical school won't be downsized despite less govt funding](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/567595/waikato-university-promises-planned-medical-school-won-t-be-downsized-despite-less-govt-funding?ref=goodoil.news)  
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): [New medical school at University of Waikato gets government go ahead](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/567573/new-medical-school-at-university-of-waikato-gets-government-go-ahead?ref=goodoil.news)  
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): [Waikato medical school approved after years of lobbying and controversy](https://thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin/22-07-2025/waikato-medical-school-approved-after-years-of-lobbying-and-controversy?ref=goodoil.news)  
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): ‘[Otago is being overlooked’](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/%E2%80%98otago-being-overlooked%E2%80%99?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Ryan Bridge (Newstalk ZB): [Should we be worried about the business of business cases?](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/early-edition-with-ryan-bridge/opinion/ryan-bridge-should-we-be-worried-about-the-business-of-business-cases/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Luke Malpass (Post): [Waikato med school breaks decades-long duopoly](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360764912/waikato-med-school-defeats-forces-status-quo?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): [Government announces $230m medical school at Waikato University](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/watch-live-luxon-speaks-to-media-as-inflation-worsens/MTHFDP4SVJFLLLJERH4PFXC5XY/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): [Waikato medical school will go ahead, but only after ACT claims cost cutting](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360765268/waikato-medical-school-will-go-ahead-only-after-act-claims-cost-cutting?ref=goodoil.news)  
Anna Whyte (Post): [Waikato Medical School approved with $83m from Government, but donors needed](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360765066/waikato-medical-school-gets-go-ahead?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**PARLIAMENT, REGULATORY STANDARDS BILL**  
Chris Trotter (Interest): [Over the next 15 months the clear strategic imperative for all three Coalition partners is break-out](https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/134300/over-next-15-months-clear-strategic-imperative-all-three-coalition-partners?ref=goodoil.news)  
Amanda Gillies (RNZ): [The Detail: Urban, Māori and disconnected - the Tāmaki Makaurau by-election](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/thedetail/566894/urban-maori-and-disconnected-the-tamaki-makaurau-by-election?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Anne Salmond (Newsroom): [New Zealanders deserve better](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/22/anne-salmond-new-zealanders-deserve-better/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Luke Oldfield (ODT): [Strike out power on Bill in Winston Peters’ hands](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/strike-out-power-bill-winston-peters%E2%80%99-hands?ref=goodoil.news)  
Michael Reddell: [Rating our Ministers of Finance](https://croakingcassandra.com/2025/07/21/rating-our-ministers-of-finance/?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**EDUCATION, TRAINING**  
Julia Gabel (Herald): [FamilyBoost: Just 153 families getting maximum $75 weekly childcare tax credit](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/familyboost-just-153-families-getting-maximum-75-weekly-childcare-tax-credit/FHSIPYRFGRFT5EKUH6BNUZIPNA/?ref=goodoil.news)  
John Gerritsen (RNZ): [School curriculum rewrite had serious problems, managers considered using AI to help](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/567601/school-curriculum-rewrite-had-serious-problems-managers-considered-using-ai-to-help?ref=goodoil.news)  
Tim O’Connor (Herald): [NCEA as we know it should be abolished](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/ncea-as-we-know-it-should-be-abolished-tim-oconnor/QLLLFM2RJRBIJDXIYS34VXBBGA/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Laura Walters (Newsroom): [From modern to modular: the revolving door of open-plan classrooms](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/21/from-modern-to-modular-the-revolving-door-of-open-plan-classrooms/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Mark John (ODT): [Single-cell classrooms are ideal: principal](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/single-cell-classrooms-are-ideal-principal?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Ava Whitworth (Stuff): [Living on noodles and no heating: The realities of student poverty in Aotearoa](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360765046/living-noodles-and-no-heating-realities-student-poverty-aotearoa?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Specialist education staff strike over pay and conditions](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/567614/specialist-education-staff-strike-over-pay-and-conditions?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE, TRADE**  
Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Defence spoke to tech company behind US-Mexico border security towers](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/567609/defence-spoke-to-tech-company-behind-us-mexico-border-security-towers?ref=goodoil.news)  
Sam Smith (Stuff): [Over 250 civilian jobs set to go from Defence Force as ‘tough’ fiscal environment bites](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360765207/over-250-civilian-jobs-set-go-defence-force-tough-fiscal-environment-bites?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Defence Force cuts 255 civilian roles to focus on front-line personnel](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/567593/defence-force-cuts-255-civilian-roles-to-focus-on-front-line-personnel?ref=goodoil.news)  
Anna Whyte (Post): [PSA slams defence cuts during global tension](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360765169/255-defence-civilian-jobs-go-union?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [NZ and allies condemn 'inhumane', 'horrifying' killings in Gaza and 'drip feeding of aid](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/567610/nz-and-allies-condemn-inhumane-horrifying-killings-in-gaza-and-drip-feeding-of-aid?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**BANKS, FINANCIAL SERVICES**  
Rob Stock (Post): [ANZ makes case for ‘retrospective’ protection from class action](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360764421/anz-makes-case-retrospective-protection-class-action?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Jenny Ruth: [Are NZ’s banks hiding something?](https://justthebusinessjennyruth.substack.com/p/are-nzs-banks-hiding-something) (paywalled)  
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): [Commerce Commission dismisses Federated Farmers’ bank collusion claim](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/companies/banking-finance/commerce-commission-dismisses-federated-farmers-bank-collusion-claim/EVX66COJX5BT3NSLDKZ4SXKCPQ/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Gyles Beckford (RNZ): [Commerce Commission dismisses Federated Farmers complaint on net-zero banking](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/567579/commerce-commission-dismisses-federated-farmers-complaint-on-net-zero-banking?ref=goodoil.news)  
Rob Stock (Post): [Commerce Commission finds no evidence of cartel behaviour in Net-Zero Banking Alliance](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360764892/commerce-commission-finds-no-evidence-cartel-behaviour-net-zero-banking-alliance?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Brent Edwards (NBR): [Financial disputes resolution is ’not fit for purpose’: CAB](https://www.nbr.co.nz/politics/strengthening-financial-services-legislation/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): [The dirty money delusion, AML, and ‘following the money’ into a dead end](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/law-regulation/the-dirty-money-delusion-aml-and-following-the-money-into-a-dead-end?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**ECONOMY, COST OF LIVING**  
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): [The government’s consistent, principled approach to economic data](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/22-07-2025/the-governments-consistent-principled-approach-to-economic-data?ref=goodoil.news)  
Gyles Beckford (RNZ): [Inflation hits 12-month high of 2.7%](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/567533/inflation-hits-12-month-high-of-2-point-7-percent?ref=goodoil.news)  
Liam Dann (Herald): [Inflation data delivers ‘green light’ for rate cut, but food prices cause concern](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/economy/official-cash-rate/inflation-data-delivers-green-light-for-rate-cut-but-food-prices-cause-concern/73OHCBYYBVEJ5LKGLRCPNLYG4U/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Liam Dann (Herald): [Inflation up 2.7% in 12 months to June 2025, but quarter rise lower than expected](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/inflation-up-27-in-june-year-better-than-expected/GCWOCKB3WFDPNNZODXQZKIDE7E/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Mandy Te (Interest): [OCR cut in August - and another in October?](https://www.interest.co.nz/economy/134308/latest-annual-inflation-rate-softer-they-expected-economists-see-way-cleared-another?ref=goodoil.news)  
Mandy Te (Interest): [Annual inflation rises to 2.7% in June quarter - slightly lower than expected](https://www.interest.co.nz/economy/134279/annual-inflation-rises-27-june-local-authority-rates-and-payments-actual-rentals?ref=goodoil.news)  
Andrew Patterson (Newsroom): [Inflationary lift need not derail OCR cuts, economists say](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/21/inflationary-lift-need-not-derail-ocr-cuts-economists-say/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): [Lower-than-expected inflation boosts chance of August rate cut](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360756514/rise-inflation-today-could-dent-hopes-august-rate-cut?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
1News: [Inflation increases to 2.7% - Stats NZ](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/07/21/inflation-increases-to-27-stats-nz/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): [August rate cut still on the cards](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/economy/august-rate-cut-still-on-the-cards?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Dan Brunskill (Interest): [RBNZ should slash OCR to 2.25%, John Key says](https://www.interest.co.nz/economy/134305/former-prime-minister-john-key-says-reserve-bank-should-slash-interest-rates-and?ref=goodoil.news)  
Bridie Witton (Stuff): [Surely Nicola Willis already knows why butter costs what it costs, says Labour. Not so, she says](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360765038/surely-nicola-willis-already-knows-why-butter-costs-what-it-costs-says-labour-not-so-she-says?ref=goodoil.news)  
Michael Daly (Stuff): [Why food prices are rising much faster than overall inflation](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360764831/why-food-prices-are-rising-much-faster-overall-inflation?ref=goodoil.news)  
Sanda Arambepola (Stuff): [Prime Minister Christopher Luxon takes a shot at the price of butter - was he right?](https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/360765265/prime-minister-christopher-luxon-takes-shot-price-butter-was-he-right?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**FOREIGN INVESTMENT**  
Jane Kelsey (The Conversation): [Why has a bill to relax foreign investment rules had so little scrutiny?](https://theconversation.com/why-has-a-bill-to-relax-foreign-investment-rules-had-so-little-scrutiny-261370?ref=goodoil.news)  
Melanie Nelson: [NZ for Sale: What the Overseas Investment Act Changes Really Mean](https://melanienelson.substack.com/p/nz-for-sale-what-the-overseas-investment)  
Glen Jones (Post): [It’s time to rethink NZ’s foreign buyer ban](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360764911/its-time-rethink-nzs-foreign-buyer-ban?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**HEALTH**  
RNZ: [Advocacy group says vape product testing urgently needs to be increased](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/567608/advocacy-group-says-vape-product-testing-urgently-needs-to-be-increased?ref=goodoil.news)  
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): [A new boss, a new directive, and a new cancer promise at Pharmac](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360764908/new-boss-new-directive-and-new-cancer-promise-pharmac?ref=goodoil.news)  
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): [Associate Health Minister David Seymour warns Pharmac to modernise or risk falling behind](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/567559/associate-health-minister-david-seymour-warns-pharmac-to-modernise-or-risk-falling-behind?ref=goodoil.news)  
Katie Todd (RNZ): [Needle exchange changes: 'It takes time to build up trust'](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/567574/needle-exchange-changes-it-takes-time-to-build-up-trust?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**EMPLOYMENT**  
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): [Law change may need to be re-worded to do the trick for Uber](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360754282/law-change-may-need-be-re-worded-do-trick-uber?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): ['Difficult conversations' for employers if staff chat about pay, lawyers say](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/567495/difficult-conversations-for-employers-if-staff-chat-about-pay-lawyers-say?ref=goodoil.news)  
Bruce Cotterill (Herald): [Why a new slave labour commissioner won’t change anything](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/economy/employment/why-a-new-slave-labour-bill-wont-change-anything-bruce-cotterill/UBMJZQX4HZDQFAIHJYRQLGZ5ZU/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Press Editorial (Post): [This is not working](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360762802/not-working?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Amelia Wade (Sunday Star Times): [Work, Interrupted: Where there’s hope in the broken job market](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360761147/work-interrupted-where-theres-hope-broken-job-market?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Avina Vidyadharan (Waikato Times/Post): [Kiwi jobseekers on the move as market tightens and regional divide widens](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360759598/kiwi-jobseekers-move-market-tightens-and-regional-divide-widens?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Ganesh R Ahirao: [Alex's employment pays $6.07 per hour](https://ganeshnana.substack.com/p/alexs-employment-pays-607-per-hour)  
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): [The "overqualified" jobseekers behind the dole numbers](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/opinion/john-macdonald-the-overqualified-jobseekers-behind-the-dole-numbers/?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**JUSTICE, CRIME**  
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): [Planned terrorism law overhaul ‘slippery slope to authoritarianism’](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/22/planned-terrorism-law-overhaul-slippery-slope-to-authoritarianism/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Paula Penfold (Stuff): [Justice appointee ‘resigns from everything’ after Stuff investigation reveals flawed CV](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360764249/justice-appointee-resigns-everything-after-stuff-investigation-reveals-flawed-cv?ref=goodoil.news)  
Audrey Young (Herald): [Who can claim credit for the dramatic reduction in ram raids?](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/who-can-claim-credit-for-the-dramatic-reduction-in-ram-raids-audrey-young/7HFHX7CLVJFZ5FUSYLUS4RJPCM/?lid=f213x3xehga4&utm%5Fsource=digi%5Facquisition&utm%5Fmedium=nzh%5Femail&utm%5Fcampaign=NZH%5FNewsletter%5FTop%5FStories%5FNewsletter%5FE&uuid=d3bae148d07a4dd18ed80d817255953c&utm%5Fcontent=Control+group) (paywalled)  
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [I thought National was supposed to be good with our money?](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/opinion/heather-du-plessis-allan-i-thought-national-was-supposed-to-be-good-with-our-money/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Federico Magrin (Post): [New Zealand needs to step up to address femicide, researcher says](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360740111/new-zealand-needs-step-address-femicide-researcher-says?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**INFRASTRUCTURE**  
Nick James (RNZ): [Government's $6b announcement has nothing new, Labour says](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/567512/government-s-6b-announcement-has-nothing-new-labour-says?ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Manch (Post): [Government's $6b infrastructure announcement welcomed by struggling sector](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360764368/governments-6b-infrastructure-announcement-welcomed-struggling-sector?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Helen Davidson (Post): [Infrastructure future depends on reversing the engineering exodus](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360762552/infrastructure-future-depends-reversing-engineering-exodus?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**TRANSPORT**  
Nick James (RNZ): [Can the national ticketing project get back on track?](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/567505/can-the-national-ticketing-project-get-back-on-track?ref=goodoil.news)  
Tess Brunton (RNZ): [Loss of Sounds Air regional flights to impact healthcare access, connectivity](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/567586/loss-of-sounds-air-regional-flights-to-impact-healthcare-access-connectivity?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Sounds Air cut flying routes as costs surge](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/567539/sounds-air-cut-flying-routes-as-costs-surge?ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: ['Devastated' Sounds Air to axe two routes, sell some aircraft](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/07/21/devastated-sounds-air-to-axe-two-routes-sell-some-aircraft/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [Regional airline Sounds Air forced to drop routes as it sells part of fleet](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/regional-airline-sounds-air-forced-to-drop-routes-as-it-sells-part-of-fleet/L35PAP3AL5G6XDL2UOZC6VPN7U/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Alan Granville (Stuff): [‘Truly devastated’: Regional airline Sounds Air to sell off planes, drop routes](https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/360764386/truly-devastated-regional-airline-sounds-air-sell-planes-drop-routes?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**LOCAL GOVERNMENT**  
Natalia Albert: [Responsibility Without Power: Local Government’s Dilemma](https://nataliaalbert.substack.com/p/responsibility-without-power-local)  
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): [Windbag: The government’s misleading case for rates caps](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/22-07-2025/windbag-the-governments-misleading-case-for-rates-caps?ref=goodoil.news)  
Spinoff: [Why can’t we ever finish anything? A council planner at their wits’ end](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/21-07-2025/why-cant-we-ever-finish-anything-a-council-planner-at-their-wits-end?ref=goodoil.news)  
Ruby Shaw (ODT): [Councillors opposed to plan to remove wellbeing provisions](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/councillors-opposed-plan-remove-wellbeing-provisions?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
ODT Editorial: [Boosting turnout at local elections](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/editorial/boosting-turnout-local-elections?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Linda Hall (Local Democracy Reporting): [The district with just one local election candidate](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/07/22/the-district-with-just-one-local-election-candidate/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Frances Chin (Post): [Rates overhaul proposed to target Wellington landbanking](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360763866/rates-overhaul-proposed-target-wellington-landbanking?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): [‘Dirty politics’ prompts one more hat in Wellington’s mayoralty ring](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360764583/dirty-politics-prompts-one-more-hat-wellingtons-mayoralty-ring?ref=goodoil.news)  
Justin Wong (Post): [District plan draws flood of submissions over waste site zoning](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360759221/district-plan-draws-flood-submissions-over-waste-site-zoning?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [Auckland mayor's chief of staff on leave after property development company goes bust](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/567568/auckland-mayor-s-chief-of-staff-on-leave-after-property-development-company-goes-bust?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: '[We're doing this for Auckland': Opponents of rich-listers' private helipad file appeal](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/567581/we-re-doing-this-for-auckland-opponents-of-rich-listers-private-helipad-file-appeal?ref=goodoil.news)  
Torika Tokalau (Local Democracy Reporting): [Warning on end of Auckland's alcohol licence freeze](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/567302/warning-on-end-of-auckland-s-alcohol-licence-freeze?ref=goodoil.news)  
David Long (Stuff): [From warm community centre to dark car park: Black mould forces charity to serve meals outdoors](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360765045/warm-community-centre-dark-car-park-black-mould-forces-charity-serve-meals-outdoors?ref=goodoil.news)  
Robin Martin (RNZ): [New Plymouth rates blunder caused by lack of financial reporting knowledge - review](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/567596/new-plymouth-rates-blunder-caused-by-lack-of-financial-reporting-knowledge-review?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Work begins on Napier's $110m civic centre redevelopment](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/567551/work-begins-on-napier-s-110m-civic-centre-redevelopment?ref=goodoil.news)  
Tim Scott (ODT): [Call to delay cycleway project](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/call-delay-cycleway-project?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Tim Scott (ODT): [Cycleway plan consultation to take place: ‘Distinct amount of unhappiness’](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/cycleway-plan-consultation-take-place-%E2%80%98distinct-amount-unhappiness%E2%80%99?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Mackenzie District Mayor Anne Munro steps down as cancer worsens](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/567556/mackenzie-district-mayor-anne-munro-steps-down-as-cancer-worsens?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**WATER**  
Gerrit Doppenberg (ODT): [Water back on the menu; Greenpeace blames farmers](https://www.odt.co.nz/southland/water-back-menu-greenpeace-blames-farmers?ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: [Gore residents can drink tap water again](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360765321/gore-residents-can-drink-tap-water-again?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Havelock residents told to boil water as council seeks solution](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/567582/havelock-residents-told-to-boil-water-as-council-seeks-solution?ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Temporary ultraviolet fix considered for Havelock water supply](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/07/21/temporary-uv-fix-considered-for-havelock-water-supply/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Max Frethey (Local Democracy Reporting): [Popular beach’s water quality downgraded to poor](https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/360764659/popular-beachs-water-quality-downgraded-poor?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**HOUSING, BUILDING**  
Tom Hunt (Post): [‘Totally screwed over people’: Spending on empty Arlington site hits $50m](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360764358/totally-screwed-over-people-spending-empty-arlington-site-hits-50m?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Miriam Bell (Post): [Are 13,000 new granny flats on the way? Not likely](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360754564/are-13000-new-granny-flats-way-not-likely?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE, PRIMARY INDUSTRIES**  
Cushla Norman (1News): [Is food in NZ set to become cheaper and better – or just less regulated?](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/07/22/is-food-in-nz-set-to-become-cheaper-and-better-or-just-less-regulated/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Eloise Gibson (RNZ): [Can households really assess their own climate risk?](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/567602/can-households-really-assess-their-own-climate-risk?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [MetService says location of new Tasman rain radar still to be decided](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/567530/metservice-says-location-of-new-tasman-rain-radar-still-to-be-decided?ref=goodoil.news)  
Hamish MacLean (ODT): [Majority backs going with the flow](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/majority-backs-going-flow?ref=goodoil.news)  
ODT: [ORC’s flood repair bill nearly $4m](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/orc%E2%80%99s-flood-repair-bill-nearly-4m?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Monique Steele (RNZ): [Fonterra's 6K low-emitting farmers set to benefit from Mars, Nestlé funds](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/country/567613/fonterra-s-6k-low-emitting-farmers-set-to-benefit-from-mars-nestle-funds?ref=goodoil.news)  
Keith Woodford: [Forestry can be a big plus for sheep and beef farmers but there are caveats](https://keithwoodford.wordpress.com/2025/07/20/forestry-can-be-a-big-plus-for-sheep-and-beef-farmers-but-there-are-caveats/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jacqueline Rowarth (Herald): [How green finance rules could harm NZ farming](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-country/news/how-green-finance-rules-could-harm-nz-farming-dr-jacqueline-rowarth/ENKXBPHYVBFXNGICRHTTQXDJHY/?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**POLICE**  
Sam Sherwood (RNZ): [Police commissioner Chambers 'angry' and 'let down' following allegations against former deputy](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/567457/police-commissioner-chambers-angry-and-let-down-following-allegations-against-former-deputy?ref=goodoil.news)  
Sam Sherwood (RNZ): [Child exploitation and bestiality material allegedly found on former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming's work devices](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/567348/revealed-child-exploitation-and-bestiality-material-allegedly-found-on-former-deputy-police-commissioner-jevon-mcskimming-s-work-devices?ref=goodoil.news)  
Katie Ham (Stuff): [Child sexual exploitation, bestiality material allegedly found on top cop’s work device](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360724191/child-sexual-exploitation-bestiality-material-allegedly-found-top-cops-work-device?ref=goodoil.news)  
Shannon Pitman (Open Justice Reporting): [Senior police manager alleges 'boys' club' culture among Northland detectives](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/567454/senior-police-manager-alleges-boys-club-culture-among-northland-detectives?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**ENERGY**  
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): [Seven-month delay shows gas ban repeal isn’t PM’s top priority](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/17/seven-month-delay-shows-gas-ban-repeal-isnt-pms-top-priority/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): [Solar farms in investment pipeline could triple NZ’s power capacity](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/18/solar-farms-in-investment-pipeline-could-triple-nzs-power-capacity/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): [NZ’s fuel security plan ignores biogas amid global boom](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360761163/nzs-fuel-security-plan-ignores-biogas-amid-global-boom?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Blayne Slabberrt (Press): [Transpower defends $164m power upgrade](https://www.thepress.co.nz/business/360762566/transpower-defends-164m-power-upgrade?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**BUSINESS**  
Tom Pullar-Strecker (The Post): [Government cools supermarket competition expectations amid crosswinds](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360759679/government-cools-supermarket-competition-expectations-amid-crosswinds?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Steven Cowan: [Time for a rethink about supremarkets](https://nzagainstthecurrent.blogspot.com/2025/07/time-for-rethink-about-supermarkets.html?ref=goodoil.news)  
Kate McVicar (NBR): [Noel Leeming ‘baffled’ by ComCom criminal charges](https://www.nbr.co.nz/law/noel-leeming-baffled-by-comcom-criminal-charges/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Roeland van den Bergh and Alka Prasad (Post): [Noel Leeming charged with multiple breaches of the Fair Trading Act](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360764284/noel-leeming-charged-multiple-breaches-fair-trading-act?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Herald: [Commerce Commission files charges against Noel Leeming over ‘Price Promise’ claims](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/companies/retail/commerce-commission-files-charges-against-noel-leeming-over-price-promise-claims/DVTFHLHN7VFSZKCS2THEAT3CJU/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Liam Rātana (Spinoff): [We keep measuring the Māori economy – but what are we actually counting?](https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/21-07-2025/we-keep-measuring-the-maori-economy-but-what-are-we-actually-counting?ref=goodoil.news)  
Shane Te Pou (Herald): [Rural economy is buoying Māori economy after Budget cuts to development funding](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/the-rural-economy-is-holding-the-maori-economy-up-as-much-as-anywhere-else-shane-te-pou/M2ZMR4CTJJCYJME25BNF342N4I/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Nicholas Pointon (NBR): [Company failures track upwards as IRD dials up enforcement](https://www.nbr.co.nz/business/company-failures-track-upwards-as-ird-dials-up-enforcement/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**MEDIA**  
Colin Peacock (RNZ): [Mediawatch: Ministers' 'helpful' handouts go multimedia](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/mediawatch/567452/mediawatch-ministers-helpful-handouts-go-multimedia?ref=goodoil.news)  
Gavin Ellis: [Media in peril if Trump playbook falls open here](https://knightlyviews.com/media-in-peril-if-trump-playbook-falls-open-here/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Philip Matthews (Press): [The TikTok revolution: Reshaping the news one short video at a time](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360760701/tiktok-revolution-reshaping-news-one-short-video-time?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**RETIREMENT**  
Kevin Norquay and Virginia Fallon (Sunday Star Times): [Soup, Super and survival: The reality of growing old in NZ](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360760409/soup-super-and-survival-reality-growing-old-nz?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Jane Wrightson (Sunday Star Times): [Act now to get the future of NZ’s retirement system right](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360761120/act-now-get-future-nzs-retirement-system-right?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): [Should KiwiSaver evolve – or hold the line?](https://thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin/21-07-2025/should-kiwisaver-evolve-or-hold-the-line?ref=goodoil.news)  
Gregor Thompson (BusinessDesk): [Retirement sector faces reckoning over performance metrics](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/property/retirement-sector-faces-reckoning-over-performance-metrics?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**OTHER**  
Danyl McLauchlan (Herald): [The politics of the second Covid inquiry](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/politics/danyl-mclauchlan-the-politics-of-the-second-covid-inquiry/SMDMFWSHANFXDGGG5MNFC5SBGA/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Andrew Dickens (Newstalk ZB): [A different take on the Covid Inquiry](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/early-edition-with-ryan-bridge/opinion/andrew-dickens-a-different-take-on-the-covid-inquiry/?ref=goodoil.news)  
ODT Editorial: [The costs of keeping City Hall and Alcohol’s uncomfortable truth](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/editorial/costs-keeping-city-hall?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Benjamin Plummer (Herald): [Run it straight concerns ignored by Government officials before death](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/run-it-straight-concerns-initially-ignored-by-government-officials-before-death/PA46A54OKFCCBAW3SEMJ6ZMKOE/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Brent Edwards (NBR): [Legislation will clear up Investment Boost classifications](https://www.nbr.co.nz/investment/legislation-will-clear-up-investment-boost-classifications/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Tahu Kukutai (E-Tangata): [Census change — can we make it work for us?](https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/census-change-can-we-make-it-work-for-us/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Moana Maniapoto (E-Tangata): [Rainbows and rangatiratanga](https://e-tangata.co.nz/history/rainbows-and-rangatiratanga/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Damien Grant (Stuff): [What being ‘woke’ may really mean](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360762243/damien-grant-emergence-ngata-pakeha-has-become-feature-modern-aotearoa?ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Haunting memories: new doco explores horror of growing up in 'care' in NZ](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/07/20/haunting-memories-new-doco-explores-horror-of-growing-up-in-care-in-nz/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Emma Andrews (RNZ): [The Stolen Children of Aotearoa uncovers chilling history](https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/screens/tv/the-stolen-children-of-aotearoa-uncovers-chilling-history?ref=goodoil.news)

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